Irfan Pathan [Images] by getting five wickets in Zimbabwe's second innings of Harare Test got a world record on his name.The five-fer took Pathan's wicket-aggregate to 21 in the series. Pathan now shares the world record of capturing most wickets in a two-match series, levelling with England's [Images] Johnny Briggs and fellow teammate Anil Kumble [Images].

The accompanying table lists the highest wicket-takers in a two-match series:

Wkts	Bowler	For	Vs	Series	in	M	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Best	Ave	5WI	10WM
21	J Briggs	Eng	SA	1888-89	SA	2	391	51	101	8-11	4.81	2	1
21	A Kumble	Ind	Pak	1998-99	Ind	2	587	24	312	10-74	14.86	2	1
21	IK Pathan	Ind	Zim	2005-06	Zim	2	391	14	237	7-59	11.29	3	1
20	Saqlain Mushtaq	Pak	Ind	1998-99	Ind	2	899	37	403	5-93	20.15	4	2
20	DL Vettori	NZ	Ban	2004-05	Ban	2	670	49	224	6-28	11.20	3	1
19	RW Price	Zim	WI	2003-04	Zim	2	836	32	396	6-73	20.84	2	1
18	CJ McDermott	Aus	Eng	1990-91	Aus	2	586	12	360	8-97	20.00	2	1
18	Mushtaq Ahmed	Pak	NZ	1996-97	Pak	2	637	22	282	6-84	15.67	2	1
18	Enamul Haque jnr	Ban	Zim	2004-05	Ban	2	722	31	300	7-95	16.67	3	1
18	IK Pathan	Ind	Ban	2004-05	Ban	2	378	19	214	6-51	11.89	3	1
18	C Blythe	Eng	Aus	1909	Eng	2	549	19	242	6-44	13.44	3	1
18	CS Martin	NZ	SA	2003-04	NZ	2	554	20	300	6-76	16.67	3	1
18	JJ Ferris	Aus	Eng	1886-87	Aus	2	735	86	243	5-71	13.50	2	0
18	Mushtaq Ahmed	Pak	Aus	1995-96	Aus	2	806	26	384	5-95	21.33	2	0